Where are You?

I could have chosen to say or do what I did not think
or feel.

It would collapse from within a burdened
mind and heart
as ever the leaves of a tree fall during fall - at any other time.

"I liked you better before I got to know you"
Through the force of the wind,
the wave,
the rock,
these words would break in all directions,
leaving the proof of
a love mistaken.

An empty chair,
the lack of presence,
suggestion of senseless fear,
the need to create a moment - ago.

I had you wrapped in my arms,
your arms were wrapped around my neck.

I got to know about you,
impatient desire living within me
to love you greater - every day of my life.